I decided to put a T piece of aluminium just to the rear of the handle, this
is bonded inside the door with a small section protruding out,
A small piece of aluminium welded at right angles to the door handle will
contact nicely with the T piece, Drill a hole through both and any small
padlock will do to secure the cockpit,
I decided to do it this way to make it obvious that the doors are locked ,
so no chance of having internal locks broken by somebody not realising there
own strength and pulling on the handles,
This i copied from a europa at Cranfield a couple of years back
Ivor Phillips
XS486 London UK
CM Installed, rudder cables complete,
undercarriage fitted brakes working
wing lift pins fitted,tiebar fitted instrument
panel being finalised,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronald J. Parigoris" <rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
Subject: Europa-List: Waht is your favorite way of locking door?
> <rparigor@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
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> What is your favorite way of locking your door on europa?
>
> I kinda like the idea of using a pip pin on the right door, where does it
> go? Between the inner handle and guard?
>
> I do have a set of locks from John Hurst, but they are kinda cheesy, have
> read that if someone leverages the handle hard when locked by the rear
> pushrod it does bad things.
>
> Any thoughts on using a torx safety set screw (Torx with pin in center,
> not
> many folks happen to have one) that lives in the handle, and when you want
> to lock, just screw it into a hardpoint in door?
>
> thx.
> Ron Parigoris
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